Submitted on Saturday 12th October 2013
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the definition of rape, to make it gender neutral
The current definition of rape, only quantifies "penetration with a penis". The word used in conjunction with this, is the pronoun "he".
This petition requests that the law be changed to replace "he", with "the perpetrator", or some similar language and "penetration with a penis", to some agreed, gender-neutral term, perhaps "forced-intercourse of any description", would do.
This is a basic right of male victims of rape. Currently they're not legally recognised as victims of rape, but of "forced penetration", which is degrading and disgusting, and wholly ridiculous.
We must remember we need to protect both our men, and our women.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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